Editing Pauline Hanson (section)

===2001 election campaign===
[[File:Pauline Hanson at the Kurri Kurri Nostalgia Festival in 2011.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Hanson at the Kurri Kurri Nostalgia Festival in 2011]]
At the next [[2001 Australian federal election|federal election]] on 10 November 2001, Hanson ran for a Queensland senate seat but narrowly failed. She accounted for her declining popularity by claiming that the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberals]] under [[John Howard]] had stolen her policies.<ref name="The Age-2003">{{cite news | url = http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/08/20/1061261209218.html | title = It's porridge for Pauline | work = [[The Age]] | date = 20 August 2003 | access-date = 12 September 2007 | location = Melbourne | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090224212326/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/08/20/1061261209218.html | archive-date = 24 February 2009 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
<blockquote>"It has been widely recognised by all, including the media, that John Howard sailed home on One Nation policies. In short, if we were not around, John Howard would not have made the decisions he did."<ref name="The Age-2003" /></blockquote>

Other interrelated factors that contributed to her political decline from 1998 to 2002 include her connection with a series of advisors with whom she ultimately fell out ([[John Pasquarelli]], David Ettridge and David Oldfield); disputes amongst her supporters; and a lawsuit over the organisational structure of One Nation.

In 2003, following her release from prison, Hanson unsuccessfully contested the New South Wales state election, running for a seat in the upper house. In January 2004, Hanson announced that she did not intend to return to politics.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/16/1073877995439.html |title=Hanson rules out return to politics |work=The Age |date=16 January 2004 |access-date=9 July 2010 |location=Melbourne |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511213955/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/16/1073877995439.html |archive-date=11 May 2011}}</ref> but then stood as an independent candidate for one of Queensland's seats in the Senate in the [[2004 Australian federal election|2004 federal election]]. At the time, Hanson declared, "I don't want all the hangers on. I don't want the advisers and everyone else. I want it to be this time Pauline Hanson." She was unsuccessful, receiving only 31.77% of the required quota of primary votes,<ref name="AEC">{{cite web|url=http://results.aec.gov.au/12246/results/SenateStateFirstPrefs-12246-QLD.htm|title=First Preferences by Candidate – Queensland|author=Australian Electoral Commission|date=9 November 2005|access-date=7 August 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829153803/http://results.aec.gov.au/12246/results/SenateStateFirstPrefs-12246-QLD.htm|archive-date=29 August 2007}}</ref> and did not pick up enough additional support through preferences. However, she attracted more votes than the One Nation party (4.54% compared to 3.14%)<ref name="AEC" /> and, unlike her former party, recovered her deposit from the Australian Electoral Commission and secured $150,000 of public electoral funding.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Top payout for running |work=The Northern Times |page=12 |date=15 October 2004}}</ref> Hanson claimed to have been vilified over campaign funding.<ref>{{Cite news | last = Strutt | first = Sam | title = Hanson will party on Back under a new name in new year | newspaper = [[Herald Sun]] | page = 13 | date = 27 December 2007}}</ref>

Hanson contested the [[electoral district of Beaudesert]] as an independent at the [[2009 Queensland state election]].<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/25/2500584.htm Hanson election bid will have voters groaning: Bligh] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228055113/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/25/2500584.htm |date=28 February 2009 }} (ABC, 25 February 2009).</ref> After an election campaign dominated by discussion over hoax photographs, she was placed third behind the [[Liberal National Party of Queensland|Liberal National Party]]'s [[Aidan McLindon]] and Labor's Brett McCreadie. There were conflicting media reports as to whether she had said she would not consider running again.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/national/ill-quit-politics-says-hanson-20090321-953o.html I'll quit politics, says Hanson] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323074206/http://www.smh.com.au/national/ill-quit-politics-says-hanson-20090321-953o.html |date=23 March 2009 }} (''Sydney Morning Herald'', 22 March 2009).</ref><ref>[http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25223465-5006301,00.html Hanson defeated, blames hoax photos: The Advertiser] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325072652/http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25223465-5006301,00.html |date=25 March 2009 }}.</ref>

On 23 July 2010, while at an event promoting her new career as a motivational speaker, Hanson expressed interest in returning to the political stage as a [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] candidate if an invitation were to be offered by the leader [[Tony Abbott]] in the [[2010 Australian federal election|2010 federal election]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/features/federal-election/pauline-hanson-considering-a-return-to-politics-if-tony-abbott-asks-her-to/story-e6frfllr-1225896285293 |title=Pauline Hanson considering a return to politics... if Tony Abbott asks her to |publisher=News.com.au |date=23 July 2010 |access-date=3 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726113622/http://www.news.com.au/features/federal-election/pauline-hanson-considering-a-return-to-politics-if-tony-abbott-asks-her-to/story-e6frfllr-1225896285293 |archive-date=26 July 2010}}</ref> No such offer was made.